Democracy not a solution to Africa’s problems-Obasanjo

Democracy though has been likened to the development in Africa, many are still of the view that it is not an antidote to the many problems bedeviling the continent.

Former Nigeria President, Olusegun Mathew Okikiola Aremu
Obasanjo who shares in that view in an interview he granted Kyenkyenhene
Boateng on 21 minutes with KKB monitored by MyNewsGh.com described it as an
important journey

“Democracy is not a
destination, it is a journey and that is very important. There is no country
that can claim I have got to the end of the journey. We are all making progress…that
is the first thing” he stated.

According to him, democracy which is not an end in itself
must inure to the benefit of the citizenry urging people to me measured about
their expectations of democracy.

“Democracy is not the end in itself it is the benefit to the
citizens that is what democracy is all about Even the simple definition of
government by the people for the people is very important. Nowadays we talk of
dividends of democracy for the people” he stated.

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